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I visited the 56th annual Rod & Custom Spectacular in St Paul, MN last weekend. It is one of the oldest independent car shows in the country. This was my first time there, even though I have been visiting auto shows in my area for the last 10+ years. I'm usually not into the auto show scene this early into the season, but considering our weather and how it already feels like summer, I think many people had the same idea.

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This show has nearly 12,000 cars and trucks at it every year, including many rat rods. However I didn't see as many this year as I have previous years, and the ones I did see weren't as cool as previous years also. I didn't see the double decker or VW bus that I see every year, which I love.

You can see some of the best rat rods I have seen in the past at my Rat Rod History page.

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After years of visiting the MSRA Back to the Fifties show in St. Paul, MN I decided I should start organizing some of my favorite pictures out of the nearly 1000 I take each year. With nearly 12,000 autos there each year, there is always something new to see, and some cars I have seen nearly every year I have visited the show.

There seemed to be a lot les custom cars at this years show than other years. The same with rat rods. I don't think the fad is over or there were less, it is just with so many cars I wasn't able to see every one of them.

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